Pest Control Products Act

Marginal note:Export control list

• 33 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, establish a Pest Control Products Export Control List consisting of pest control products that meet the prescribed criteria.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (2) No person shall export a pest control product that is on the Pest Control Products Export Control List, except as authorized under this Act.

• Marginal note:Application

  (3) An application for authorization to export a pest control product must be made to the Minister in the form and manner directed by the Minister.

• Marginal note:Authorization

  (4) The Minister may authorize an applicant to export a pest control product to a specified country if

  • (a) the applicant satisfies the Minister that the prescribed requirements for the authorization are or will be met; and

  • (b) the proposed export is not prohibited under any other Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (5) The authorization is subject to any conditions that the Minister considers necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

• Marginal note:Public notice

  (6) The Minister shall give public notice of the authorization.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment — subsection (2)

  (7) Every person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both.

• Marginal note:Offence and punishment — false or misleading information

  (8) Every person who knowingly provides false or misleading information in connection with an authorization is guilty of an offence and liable

  • (a) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; or

  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both.